negative

Example Sentences

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Over the holiday season, there were online pile-ons galore, with straight women repeatedly taking gay critics of the show to task over their negative or merely interrogative opinions of the series.

From Salon

One negative was his injury record, and in his first season he missed 17 games with knee and ankle problems.

From BBC

“I like it because it’s tasty, and mostly because it’s good,” the 8-year-old said, though he rated a new roll with spica tuna he recently tried a “negative million.”

From The Wall Street Journal

The negatives are mostly macro—U.S. budget deficits and the threat of higher inflation.

From Barron's

India’s market lagged behind in 2025 due to the negative impact of U.S. tariffs, sluggish economic growth, and investors’ reallocation of assets to China.

From Barron's